Trousers.



J. GREENWALD.

TROUSERS.

AYPLIOATION FILED rmaxio, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23. 1910.

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JONAS GREENWALD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 23, 1910.

Application filed February 10, 1910. Serial No. 543,161.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, JONAS GREENWALD, a citizen of the United Stat-es, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trousers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide belt retaining devices formed integrally with the trousers; to provide loops for the retention of the belt, which loops nest close and enter into the design of the trousers to avoid the makeshift appearance of the present loop construction; and to provide a belt holding structure wherein the belt is interweaved to the inner and outer sides of sections of the trouser construction.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the upper portion of trousers constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view on enlarged scale, of the upper portion of trousers constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the belt supporting devices being shown as in the course of construction; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on enlarged scale taken on the line 3.3 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale taken on the line 44 in Fig. 1.

Heretofore trousers have been provided with a series of narrow loops formed with overturned and secured edges, added to the trousers at convenient points to retain in position the supporting belt. These loops have of necessity been comparatively thick, awkward and unsightly. The leading purpose in the present invention is to overcome the disagreeable features, while economizing in the cost incident to the loop construction just above mentioned. In the fitting or molding of trousers over the hips, it has been customary to form gores at convenient locations. In forming the gores thus, the material has been removed and the edges of the gore cut open and brought together neatly and secured by sewing. The operation has been one of the most diflicult in the art of trouser making, necessitating the correct and accurate adjustment of the edges of the gore out. In the present invention this need is dispensed with, as the material is not removed, but is utilized as a base over which the partially severed material used for the belt support is overlaid and top sewed.

In constructing trousers in conformity with the present invention the material is cut at one or more places as design dictates, on either side, and forward of the center back seam of the trousers. The cut edges 5, 5 are formed perpendicular to the top edge 6 of the trousers. This cut is extended to a convenient distance down into the body of the trousers. The length of the cut is about equal to the length of the usual gore. The edge of a flap 7 thuspartially severed from the material of the trousers is bound. The molding of the hips of the trousers is then performed by drawing the severed edges 5, 5 of the out toward each other until the proper waist measurement is secured. In this position it will be found that when the flap 7 is turned on to the material forming the trousers, the flap overrides the edges 5, 5 to the points 8, 8 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In this position the flaps are top sewed along the lines 8, 8 until the sewing reaches the waist or belt line 9 of the trousers. At this point the top sewing is discontinued, and across the top seam is formed a bar stitching 10, usual in securing the ends of openings in all forms of tailoring work. The upper edge 11 of the flap 7 is then overturned on a lining 12, and secured thereto by being stitched in the usual manner. The ends of the overturned edge 11, it will be observed, override the edges 5, 5 of the cut away portion, thereby uniting the cloth structure as distinguished from the lining structure, in a rigid or uniform manner.

When trousers are provided with loops constructed in the manner above set forth, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, a neat and dressy appearance is produced. Any form of belt may be used with these loops. To add additional sup port for the belt 13 the trousers are provided with a narrow loop 18 of usual con struction. This loop 18 is placed in the center of the back and serves a double function, that of maintaining the belt in its position, and also forming a hanger for the trousers by which they may be suspended on a hook or other suitable device.

rial said strips being secured to the said adjacent material to shape the trousers t0 the person, and said strips being secured to 15 the adjacent material below the waistband of the trousers and the upper edge thereof. In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JONAS GREENWALD.

WVitnesses E. F. MURDOCK, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

